John Lasseter, chief creative officer at the Disney and Pixar animation studios, was an Academy Award winner long before he nabbed his two Oscars for Tin Toy in 1989 and Toy Story in 1996. So was Erin Brokovich writer Susannah Grant a winner as a student, even though she didn't take home the statue in 2001.

The critically hailed but rarely seen World War II film Overlord gets a timely U.S. launch this month. Made in 1975 by director Stuart Cooper with the help of the Imperial War Museum in London, the film has been hailed for combining a story with military footage from the D-Day invasion, which unfolded 62 years ago this week.